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Lebanon, which is closing down as coronavirus threats grow, saw a US helicopter arrive and leave from the US Embassy in Beirut on Thursday morning. Pro-Hezbollah media reported it had transported Amer Fakhoury, a Lebanese man who is a US citizen and was at the center of US-Lebanon tensions. Fakhoury was released by a military tribunal after six months of detention.
According to the AP, he was accused of working for an Israeli-backed militia in the 1980s and 1990s. He was released on a technicality after reported pressure from the US and threats of sanctions. He was accused of torture by the Lebanese for his role with the South Lebanon Army. He reportedly owns a restaurant in New Hampshire. US Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) had followed his case closely.
US airlifts citizen Fakhoury from Lebanon in dramatic helicopter flight
Good deal.
According to the AP, he was accused of working for an Israeli-backed militia in the 1980s and 1990s. He was released on a technicality after reported pressure from the US and threats of sanctions. He was accused of torture by the Lebanese for his role with the South Lebanon Army. He reportedly owns a restaurant in New Hampshire. US Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) had followed his case closely.
US airlifts citizen Fakhoury from Lebanon in dramatic helicopter flight
Good deal.
